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Robert Reich: Should We Abolish Billionaires?

July 5, 2019

Former Secretary of Labor explains why need to reform our economy to combat inequality and spells out four things we should change

Line Rider | Mountain King

July 5, 2019

Some exuberant music and whimsical animation for the holiday weekend: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg. This was the very first line rider track, drawn entirely by hand. Enjoy!

Warehouses | John Oliver

July 5, 2019

It’s easy to buy things online, and even easier not to think about how they get to you. John Oliver discusses what happens when you click “buy now.”

July 5, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | July 5, 2019

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Warehouses | John Oliver. Line Rider | Hall of the Mountain King. Robert Reich: Should We Abolish Billionaires? What Antlers Can Teach Us About Cancer and Regrowing Limbs. We Tried Skating On Confederate Monuments for July 4th.

July 4, 2019

A Son’s Memoir of His Father’s Radical Beliefs, Pursuit by the F.B.I. and Ardent Love for America

Kevin Baker The New York Times

From the Depression and Spanish Civil War to the HUAC hearings and the McCarthy era’s end, the author weaves his father’s story of inquisitors and defenders as the family struggles with racism, fascism, communism, and tenuous first amendment freedoms

July 4, 2019

Workers Oppression is a Theme of Stunning Radical Play “Hadestown”

Lucy Komisar The Komisar Scoop

“Hadestown,” written and composed by Anaïs Mitchell and directed by Rachel Chavkin, is a very radical play. It takes the audience to Hell, which is peopled by oppressed workers who have been indoctrinated to fear those who are poorer.

July 4, 2019

Queer Liberation Is a Labor Issue - An interview with Miriam Frank

Meghan Brophy Jacobin

Today, corporations see Pride Month as another chance to sell their products. But the greatest gains for the LGBTQ movement came through fighting corporations, challenging workplace discrimination, and building unions.

July 4, 2019

Tidbits - July 4, 2019 -Reader Comments: Concentration Camps; Megan Rapinoe; Democratic Debate; Private Insurance; Karl Marx; Paul Robeson Blvd named; Queer Liberation; #NoSnyderFellowship; Housing - Affordable for Whom? ...

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Reader Comments: Trump's July 4th; Concentration Camps; Megan Rapinoe; Democratic Debate; Private Insurance; Karl Marx revisited; Paul Robeson Boulevard named; Queer Liberation; Say No to Rick Snyder; Housing Justice - Affordable for Whom? ...

July 4, 2019

How the Worst Values of Sports Are Taking Over America

Robert Lipsyte TomDispatch

Say one thing about the world of sports: in some fashion, it invariably reflects developments in the larger world. It hardly matters whether the subject is war or inequality. Take a knee for a moment and think about that or, of Donald Trump....

July 4, 2019

China’s Belt and Road of Science

Emanuel Pastreich Foreign Policy in Focus

China’s ambitious infrastructure Belt and Road Initiative is about building knowledge and not just things. It has grown by leaps and bounds while America’s geopolitical vision has become increasingly isolationist, paranoid, and confrontational.